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From: schultz@motcid.UUCP (Rob Schultz)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: "Bad" backups
Message-ID: <5758@catfish10.UUCP>
Date: 12 Dec 90 18:22:09 GMT
References: <1990Nov30.133254.3737@eff.org> <1990Dec08.171628.10447@digibd.com> <1990Dec9.155404.4847@eff.org> <1990Dec11.164524.1860@digibd.com>
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Brian Westley (Merlyn LeRoy) writes:
>I did not advocate that anyone break the law, just keep their sensitive
>data "fragile".  

A (perhaps) interesting side point.  If I have sensitive data (not
necessarily illegal or immoral, but definitely private) on my computer,
then I should have the right to protect that data, yes?  That protection
should be from ANY sort of intrusion, be it from the police, from a
physical intruder, from an electronic intruder, etc.  Good sense dictates
that I pasword-protect my entire system.  Sensitive data should at least be
encrypted.  Perhaps my most sensitive data should be protected via
booby-traps.  Thus any uninvited search of the most sensitive data would
cause that data to be destroyed, so as to prevent it from falling into the
wrong hands.

I suppose the most sensitive data around would be in military computers
(sigh).  Batle plans, simulations, troop and equipment strengths, etc would
fall into this category.  So the military has the responsibility to protect
this data in any way it can, even to the extent of destroying it to prevent
it from falling into enemy hands (computers?).  It may be better to lose
the information completely than to allow it out of their hands.

A similar analogy might be applied to corporate, and even personal data.
Proprietary corporate information, including new technologies being
invented and financial information might be this sensitive.  Personal
information such as financial information and ideas might be this private.

Is booby-trapping this data ok?  

just rambling . . .

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